In response to the September 23, 1996 cover story on diet pills such as
the new Redux:

"Your report underlined two major problems in Western society: we fail
to take responsibility for our own acts, and we continually get ourselves
into difficult situations and look to someone else for a solution. Drug
abuse will be with us as long as we adults teach by example that every
problem can be resolved by putting another capsule into our mouths.
Everything--from minor headaches to boredom and from stress to
fatigue--comes under this heading. Is it any wonder teenagers follow our
example?"

(The Rev.) John LesseBivange, Luxembourg

"I'm sick of people insinuating that Americans are overweight because
they're lazy. Europeans don't stay thin by exercising three times a week
or by eating nonfat foods. They stay thin by living an active life. The
U.S. is designed around cars, not pedestrians or bicycles, and until
that changes, Americans will continue to be fat."